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Hilda Gan

President and Chief People Officer | People Bright Consulting Inc.

human resources, generalized human resources, leadership training, employee engagement, workplace culture, strategic human resources, coaching and mentorship, people management

Diana MacKay

President | Acta Learning

Higher education, Global higher education, Education policy, Health policy, Healthy Living, International Careers, Innovation Skills

Dr. Kathy Brock

Professor | Queen's University, School of Policy Studies

Canadian politics, Canadian government, comparative government, Canadian government compared to US and British governments, elections, constitution, federalism, intergovernmental policy issues, public policy, Indigenous government and politics, voluntary and nonprofit sector, parliament, public sector, natural resource extraction

Dr. Mary Reid

Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning | University of Toronto

Math Content, Math Anxiety, Gender Gap in STEM, Building Efficacy for Math Teaching, Race Gap in STEM

Dr. Andrea Chandler

Professor, Political Science | Carleton University

Russian politics, Post-Soviet politics, European politics, Gender and politics, Comparative politics of social welfare reform